Fritto Misto of Asian Vegetables

The rise of fusion cooking around the world has led to a surge in the availability of Asian vegetables in supermarkets. Here, I offer a crisp vegetarian side dish that is addictive. Fritto misto is an Italian culinary term that literally means ‘fried mixture’ of any foods. I combine lotus root, a lacy aquatic plant that has a crisp, fibrous texture and a mild, distinctive flavour somewhat akin to artichokes, with taro root, a starch that was used in china and south-east Asia long bef